The training athletic stadium in Štiavničky is already completed, approved and ready for use. The reconstruction of the main stadium should be completed by the end of September. Both sports venues will be used during the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica. The reconstruction of the Štiavničky complex will cost in total EUR 14,165,040. […]

Cooperation with national sports federations is crucial for the organizing committee of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica. It is one of the key conditions for the success of this event. In order to provide up-to-date information on the preparations for the largest multi-sport event in the history of Slovakia, the organizing committee […]

The success of major sports events often depends on the volunteers who represent also their most visible part. It will not be otherwise at the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica. 500 days before the start of the largest multi-sport event in the history of Slovakia, the recruitment of volunteers begins under the slogan […]

Ján Nosko, the Mayor of the hosting town of Banská Bystrica, is the President of the Organizing Committee of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022. The goal of all organizational units, however, remains to join forces, work to the fullest and prepare an unforgettable sports festival for young athletes, sports enthusiasts, local residents and visitors […]

Gymnastics arena on the Ice Hockey Stadium as well as athletic and football stadium in Štiavničky, which will be the venues for XVI summer European Youth Olympic Festival, have recently undergone significant reconstruction. Construction works, which are being carried out, aim at modernizing and improving the conditions for young sports talents and professional athletes. Regular […]

Petra Vlhová confirmed also her affiliation with the world’s top at the World Alpine Skiing Championships in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. However, only few people remember that she took her first steps on the international slopes at the Winter European Youth Olympic Festival, too. It has been ten years since Petra Vlhová started in Liberec at […]

The winner of the popular 27th Banskobystrická latka, which was watched by thousands fans around the World, became a young woman who also attracted attention of the sport world at the European Youth Olympic Festival. The only nineteen-year-old Ukrainian Yaroslava Mahuchikh overcame a bar with a height of 206 cm in the hall, where in seventeen […]

One of the main sports venues of the XVI. European Olympic Youth Festival Banská Bystrica 2022 awaits its revitalization. The municipal company MBB, a. s. realizes the gradual complex reconstruction of the indoor swimming pool Štiavničky. During the reconstruction of the premises new parking spaces will be added, new public lighting will be built and […]

The Slovak Olympic and Sports Committee (SOSC) and the organizing committee of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica in cooperation with partners will prepare a wide range of activities focused on Olympic education in 2021. As part of the Olympic Values Education Program (OVEP), all kindergartens, primary and secondary schools in Slovakia are […]

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021

Alpine skier Petra Vlhová defended the crown for the queen of Slovak sport. The winner of the Athlete of the Year 2020 poll has also started at the European Youth Olympic Festival in the past. Vlhová triumphed in the Athlete of the Year poll ahead of cyclist Peter Sagan and ice-hockey player Erik Černák. The […]

The Government of the Slovak Republic approved full financial support for the organization of the European Youth Olympic Festival 2022 Banská Bystrica. Negotiations on financial support for the EYOF took place for several months with the Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic, the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sports of the Slovak Republic, […]